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Thinktank says unauthorised absence is ‘a leading cause’ of performance gap between disadvantaged pupils and peersUnauthorised school absence is a leading cause of the widening performance gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers in England, ac…
This blog has now closedMan drowns in Hunter region waterholeA man in his 20s has drowned at a waterhole near Dungog in the Hunter region of New South Wales.We apologise for this break in our program, we will return to normal programming as soon as pos…
Home Office told Manikarnika Dutta to quit Britain for spending too many days abroad for studyA high-achieving academic has been threatened with deportation from the UK because the Home Office says she has spent too many days conducting her research re…
School leaders attacked as ‘an unaccountable elite’ after years of below-inflation pay rises for teachersA record 775 heads of school academies in England were given pay packages worth more than £150,000 in 2022-23, sparking allegations of an unaccount…
With regular teaching hours unavailable, agency tutors must compete for lessonsThe British Council has been accused of exploiting hundreds of agency teachers on zero-hour contracts forced to compete for lessons in a “feeding frenzy” every week.An open …
School leaders says current special educational needs system in England is on brink of collapseUK politics live – latest updatesParents will need to “think very differently” about government funding for children with special educational needs, the educ…
President’s changes to student loan programs leave millions facing higher payments and uncertainty over relief optionsMany of the nearly 43 million Americans who have federal student loan debt are seeing their carefully budgeted monthly payments soar a…
Campaigners welcome decision saying Home Office acted unlawfullyDowning Street has declined to comment on claims that half the cabinet would like Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, to rethink the proposed cuts to disability benefits. (See 9.23am.)Asked abo…
Headteachers’ conference to be told that rise in bullying, abuse and malicious use of deepfakes is being reportedSocial media operators must be “brought to heel” for the misery and disruption they are causing to the lives of students, teachers and pare…
NFER says pupil behaviour, stagnant pay and inflexible working practices contributing to exodus from workforceTeachers in England are abandoning the classroom over worsening pupil behaviour, stagnant pay and inflexible working practices, leaving vacanc…